Le Magnan Avignon

Plan was to stay in Avignon but when we arrived we decided it was too big for us and after driving around the outide of the ramparts of the old city walls - very cool and the main thing we wanted to see - we made our way onwards to Fontaine de Vaucluse which is 20kms past Avignon. We arrived just before dark and found an Aire de Service at the edge of town where settled in for 2 days. The town ...

Wait a minute, we&#8217;re not traveling to Italy until tomorrow&#8230;but we spent the day in Arles exploring Roman architecture. <br><br>The biggest site in town is the amphitheatre, or coliseum. Glimpses through different side streets pull you even closer like the hub it has always been. Huge in scale, some seating is till original and large towers give sweeping views of the ...

... to wander around this town ad see the exact places that are pictured in famous works. It&#8217;s amazing how much closer you can feel to a person just knowing you&#8217;ve been to the same places. But of course, 120 years later things have changed. Buildings are gone, skylines have changed, and 20th century influence is everywhere! Not quite as romantic ...

... stole his "relics." Some have been recovered. I tried checking for better details on Wikipedia, but they have less of the story than the audio guide I got on site. Given that his miracles are just under 900 years old, I'm sure there are differing accounts of what actually occurred. What seems to be most important was that the bridge was key to the pilgrim traffic between Spain and Italy. Now ...

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... bags to greet us while it was too early to check into our room. A few hours snooze later and we were revitalised and ready to join the daily walking tour put on by the hostel (for free!) this proved to be another highlight of the trip. Our guide was immensely knowledgeable, he had such enthusiasm when talking about the history of not just Munich but Germany as a whole that it was impossible not to be completely enthralled (if only school teachers could take ...

082606 Avignon Today we are experiencing the colors of Provence. Our tour takes us to Roussillion, the red town because of the iron oxide in the rocks around there. Many of the walls are built of the red stone, and the houses are painted with ochre pigments. The stone ranges from pale yellow to pink, orange, and red. The shops are exquisite, but it is early and many are not open. This has a good side as it is ...

... very tired because I understood minimal of the French! After this, we went to a show called Etats de Marcher. It was SUPERB! I didn't understand a word (except 'marcher'.) There was "dancing" (tricks with a chair and being stuck to a backpack hanging from the roof,) and a lot of speaking, and very good musicians. A girl played violin and viola, and there was a lot of electronic effects used. The viola was attached to an effect-box ...

... even know were possible. But as good as he was, after one or two tunes it became clear that he, the rhythm guitarist and the bass player were all there really just to add flavor for the lead guitarist. If you've ever seen or heard of any of Al Dimeola, John McLoughlin or Leo Kottke, that's the echelon we're talking about with this guy. I've NEVER seen a street performer this good in my life! His left hand flew up and down the fret board like it was no more difficult than chewing gum ...